This correspondence between C. P. Ambler and A. Gattinger discusses an article Gattinger is writing on “The Introduction of a Forestry Policy in the United States.” Ambler supplies the writer with a history of the national park movement. Chase P.…
This 1924 correspondence, between Horace Kephart and a Mr. Dillin, discuss Kephart’s writing on rifles. Horace Kephart (1862-1931) was a noted naturalist, woodsman, journalist, and author and promoter of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
By December 1899, the association had already printed 5000 copies of a small booklet entitled, “A Few Reasons in Favor of the Establishment of a National Park in the Mountains of Western North Carolina.” This correspondence refers to the distribution…
Once the Appalachian National Park Association submitted its memorial to Congress in 1900, members and supporters made frequent contact with Congress to lobby for their effort. These 3 pages of correspondence concern reaching out to Senators and…
This 6-page series of correspondence is about employment with the Appalachian National Park Association. George S. Powell (b. 1848) was the association’s first president. Chase P. Ambler (1865-1932) was a founding member and long-time secretary of…
This 1934 correspondence, from William Bird of Western Carolina Teachers College to North Carolina congressman Zebulon Weaver, advocates for congressional support of a museum in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. In the 1950s, William Ernest…
This 1935 correspondence, concerns the return of the Horace Kepart and George Masa collections to Western Carolina University. Horace Kephart (1862-1931) was a noted naturalist, woodsman, journalist, and author and promoter of the Great Smoky…
This 1973 correspondence, from Congressman Roy A. Taylor to Doug Reed, concerns the Horace Kephart collection. Horace Kephart (1862-1931) was a noted naturalist, woodsman, journalist, and author and promoter of the Great Smoky Mountains National…
This 1973 correspondence, from Richard W. Iobst to Glenn Cardwell (Roy Glenn Cardwell, 1930-2016, known as Glenn) concerns the Horace Kephart collection. Horace Kephart (1862-1931) was a noted naturalist, woodsman, journalist, and author and promoter…
This 1970s correspondence concerns the Kephart collection and its loan. Horace Kephart (1862-1931) was a noted naturalist, woodsman, journalist, and author. In 1904, he left his work as a librarian in St. Louis and permanently moved to western North…